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Coffee Cake Muffins with Strawberry Surprise

I needed to use up the strawberries in the Frig before they went bad. What to make with strawberries? Coffee cake muffins of course!

These are a bit dense with strawberries just under the topping and there is a bit of topping through the center of the muffin forced in with the handle end of a wooden spoon to give that extra surprise in taste. Test taste results was thumbs up around the room and mouths where full enjoying the tasty muffins.

Ingredients for the Muffin Bottom

1/4 cup butter

3/4 cup white sugar

1 large egg

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon Vanilla extract

1/2 cup skim milk

1/2 cups sliced strawberries or just enough to top all of your muffins

Ingredients for the Muffin Top

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup light brownsugar

1/4 cup butter, softened I put mine in the microwave for 10 seconds

1/4 cup flaked sweated coconut (optional)

Mix, cook it , eat it

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Grease a muffin pan – makes 12

Beat with electric mixer 1/4 cup butter in a bowl until creamy

Add 3/4 cup sugar and egg to the mix and yes mix well

Add flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl and mix.

Stir the flour mixture and milk into butter sugar mixture and mix until combined

Using a spoon fill muffin tins

Arrange strawberries on top the batter (see picture below)

Now for the sugar topping

Mix flour, sugar and butter together in a bowl. You may need two butter knives to cut the butter into the mix

Sprinkle topping over strawberries

Use the handle end of a wooden spoon to push a single push of topping into the batter to give that extra surprise (see picture below)

Top with coconut – optional

Bake until a toothpick inserted off the center of the muffin comes out clean, about 35 minutes